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FRED ANDREW LIND
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 8, 1930 – July 10, 1966
Service recordFred Andrew Lind, of New Canaan, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 15
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 8, 1930
- Home of record
- New Canaan, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 15
- ALBERT F KLESTINEC JRCorporal · July 10, 1966
- KENNETH C KRAUSSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- HANS PETER LUTZAirman First Class · July 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 14
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 16
- JOHNNY RAY TAGMANPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 16
From New Canaan
- CHARLES DAVID AUSTINMajor · April 24, 1967
- HOWARD BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- DAVID MOY BURKE JRSpecialist Five · April 29, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.